Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. canceled $500 million of funding for research on mRNA vaccine technology ...

The United States is turning its back on what could be the greatest medical advance in a generation — vaccines made with messenger RNA, or mRNA, technology. The U.S. Department of Health and Human ...

On Sept. 4, 2025, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is scheduled to testify before the Senate Finance Committee, where he is expected to face questions about his vaccine ...

The United States may be losing its edge in mRNA technology­­. The technology, which powered life-saving COVID-19 vaccines and is now rocketing new cancer therapeutics forward, will soon undergo a ...

Since the announcements by federal health authorities earlier this year that federal mRNA vaccine funding will be curtailed, a fierce debate has taken place around the future of mRNA-based vaccines ...

Dr. Bright is a virologist and a former head of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority. In early 2020, when the first genetic sequence of the new coronavirus was posted online, ...

At a Sept. 4, 2025, hearing before the Senate Finance Committee, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faced heated questions from numerous senators about his vaccine policies, ...

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Deborah Fuller receives funding from the National Institutes of Health. She is co-founder and a scientific advisor for two biotech companies developing nucleic acid vaccine technologies that are not ...